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Review

. 2011 Jun;15(3):139-42.

doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.01.001. Epub 2011 Apr 8.

REM sleep: a biological and psychological paradox

Jerome M Siegel

PMID: 21482156
PMCID: PMC3091378
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.01.001

Review

REM sleep: a biological and psychological paradox

Jerome M Siegel. Sleep Med Rev. 2011 Jun.

. 2011 Jun;15(3):139-42.

doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.01.001. Epub 2011 Apr 8.

Author

Jerome M Siegel

PMID: 21482156
PMCID: PMC3091378
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.01.001

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REM sleep could have no adaptive value.
Rial RV, Nicolau MC, Gamundí A, Akaârir M, Aparicio S, Garau C, Barceló P, Esteban S. Rial RV, et al. Sleep Med Rev. 2012 Feb;16(1):109; author reply 111. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.11.004. Epub 2011 Dec 5. Sleep Med Rev. 2012. PMID: 22153837 No abstract available.

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